Setup for Advanced JBoss EAP / WildFly Server Administration

Operating System: Windows OS (Any modern version - Windows 10, 10, etc. - labs have not been tested on Windows 8 variants)

Computer requirements

• Required: Intel-compatible processor (with reasonably recent hardware).
• Memory: 8GB recommended (4GB minimum)
• Disk Space: Free disk space for software installs (generally minimum 2GB)

Install Java Development Kit – JDK 1.8 Update 241

• Note that any relatively recent JDK1.8 version is fine.
• From http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html download the installer file for your OS:
  • Windows 64 bit: xxx-windows-x64.exe (Almost certainly this is the one you want. 32-bit Windows OS installs are now rare).
  • Windows 32 bit: xxx-windows-i586.exe
• Run the installer and take all defaults.
• Create or modify environment variables as appropriate for your OS. This will add an environment variable JAVA_HOME, and modify your path to include the jdk bin folder
  • JAVA_HOME:
    • Right click My Computer and choose Properties > click the Advanced tab > click the Environment Variables button
    • In the bottom half of the dialog, click New to add a new System variable
    • Variable name: JAVA_HOME (this is case-sensitive)
    • Variable value: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_241 (or adjust to the actual path where you installed the JDK and your JDK version – please double-check this path – probably best to copy and paste it)
    • Click OK
  • Path:
    • Find this existing entry in the bottom half of the Environment Variables button, and click Edit
    • Click in the Variable value field and move your cursor all the way to the left (pressing Home on your keyboard should do this quickly for you)
    • Check whether the value below is already present, or add it at the beginning if necessary (make sure you get all of this, including the trailing semicolon, with no spaces):
      
      %JAVA_HOME%\bin;
  • Click OK repeatedly (likely in 3 different dialogs) until all the dialogs close.
• Open a terminal prompt type the below, and press Enter
  
  javac -version
  
  You should get a message that tells you the version. If the command is not found, you did something wrong.
• Close the terminal prompt. You’re done installing Java

Install JBoss EAP 7.1

• Red Hat Account: You MUST have a (free) Red Hat account to download JBoss EAP.
• If you already have an account, then continue to Download. Otherwise, set up an account as follows:
  • Go to http://www.redhat.com
  • Click on the Login link (currently at the top right of the page).
  • Look for the Register link, and register as per their instructions.

• Download: You are downloading the file jboss-eap-7.1.0.zip
• First, try the direct link - currently: https://developers.redhat.com/download-manager/file/jboss-eap-7.1.0.zip
• Supply your login if asked.
• Save the file where you can access it easily.
• If the direct download doesn’t work, then try the download process below (the direct links change sometimes).
  • Go to http://developers.redhat.com/products/eap/download
  • Click the link for “View Older Downloads” to expand this section.
  • Go to the 7.1.0 section
  • Click the zip file link on the “Application Platform” line and download the zip file
  • Save the file where you can access it easily

• Extract: Extract the zip file where students can access and run it easily.
  • Windows OS: Common location is C:\
  • Mac OS: Common location is user home directory.

• Create a JBOSS_HOME Environment variable that points to the WildFly install folder (according to your OS needs)
  • Windows OS: Right click My Computer and choose Properties, Click the Advanced tab, Click the Environment Variables butto
  • *nix / Mac OS: Generally done in user’s shell config file (e.g. ~/.bashrc)

• That’s all that needs to be done to install WildFly.

Install WildFly 11.0

• Download: From http://wildfly.org/downloads go to the 11.0.0.Final section
  • Go to the zip file link for the “Java EE Full & Web Distribution”
  • The filename will be wildfly-11.0.0.Final.zip
  • Save the file where you can access it easily
  • You can also try the direct link: https://download.jboss.org/wildfly/11.0.0.Final/wildfly-11.0.0.Final.zip
     
• Extract: Extract the zip file where students can access and run it easily.
  • Windows OS: Common location is C:\
  • Mac OS: Common location is user home directory.
     
• Create a JBOSS_HOME Environment variable that points to the WildFly install folder (according to your OS needs)
  • Windows OS: Right click My Computer and choose Properties, Click the Advanced tab, Click the Environment Variables butto
  • *nix / Mac OS: Generally done in user’s shell config file (e.g. ~/.bashrc)
• That’s all that needs to be done to install WildFly.

Lab Files

1. Extract the lab files to a location conveniently accessible to the student (e.g. C:\ )
2. If using folder other than C:\, make sure you remember where they are.